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When black is a composite of CMYK or RGB values, it may incur a color click charge on some
printers. Check the Output in Grayscale option to make sure that pure black is used.
Output format
Defines how the barcode is output on the page. There are two possible formats:
l SVG: Vector format. This is usually of higher quality, but may take longer to generate and
is not compatible with Email output.
l PNG: Binary rasterized format. This has a slightly lower quality than SVG but is usually
generated faster and will display properly in Email output.
PDF417
PDF417 is one of the types of barcodes that can be added to a template; see "Barcode" on
page640.
The barcode can be added either using the Barcode toolbar button or through selecting Insert
> Barcode on the menu; see "Adding a Barcode" on page640.
Initially the barcode will have the barcode type's default properties. To change those properties,
such as the scale and color, open the Barcode properties dialog: right-click the barcode (on the
Design tab in the Workspace) and select the Barcode... option in the context menu.
Barcode properties
This topic lists the properties of the barcode type PDF417. For the properties of other barcode
types, see "Barcode type and properties" on page642.
Mode
Use the drop-down to set the compaction mode:
l Binary: allows any byte value to be encoded
l Text: allows all printable ASCII characters to be encoded (values from 32 to 126 and
some additional control characters)
l Numeric: a more efficient mode for encoding numeric data
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